On The Brink with Castle Island

Weekly Roundup 09/16/22 (Merge makes it, Chainalysis crypto adoption report, Starbucks NFTs, Coinbase grades Congress) (EP.350)

Sep 16, 2022

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Is There a Future for Cryptocurrency Privacy?

02:01

Is the Merger of Etherium a Proof of Stake?

02:26

Tungston Cubes Are Taking a Beat Down

01:35

Introduction

2min

Trade on Talos - The New Sponsor

2min

Deals of the Week - A Ton of Deals This Week

2min

Then There's North Island Ventures, the Island Boys

2min

Diamond Standard - The Ar a Diamond Tokenization Start Up

2min

Is the Merger of Etherium a Proof of Stake?

2min

Cryptocurrency Futures Launched on Ethereum Futures

2min

Starbuck's Ap - A Big Vote of Confidence

2min

Duncan Doughnuts Chicken Biscuit - The Top Five Worst Things I've Ever Eated

2min

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Tungston Cubes Are Taking a Beat Down

2min

11.

Dokuan, the Founder of Terra?

2min

12.

How to Persuade People to Believe That You Can Beat Financial Gravity

2min

13.

Cryptocurrency Disclosures

2min

14.

Is There a Future for Cryptocurrency Privacy?

2min

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Defy Privacy

2min

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Coinbases Crypto Action Network

2min

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Coinbase

2min

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I'll Give an Adviser to Crypto Business.

2min

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Crypto Action Network - Security Tokenized Fund

2min

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Both Hoddle Nots in Trouble

2min

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The True Satoche Truther Movement

2min

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The 20 22 Global Crypto Adoption Index, Third Year Running

3min

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Cryptocurrency Market Story - I Love This Data

2min

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Did They Name It Quincy Because John Quincy Adams Was Born There?

2min

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The Original Star Box in Sastat

2min

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Can Unow Can Brink Nation Show Up?

2min

Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:

The Merge takes place without incident
Will the Merge silence Ethereum critics on the left?
Will the ESG narrative around crypto get louder?
FTX takes a stake in Skybridge
Castle Island is not an island
If you make an NFT of a diamond and destroy the diamond, do you still have a diamond?
CME launches Ether options
Starbucks launches an NFT loyalty platform
Tungsten cubes are selling off
South Korea issues an arrest warrant for Do Kwon
The thin line between visionary and scammer
What Terra teaches us about why disclosures matter in capital markets
Huobi delists privacy coins
Can you take delivery of Tornado Cash-dusted Ether?
Coinbase launches their Crypto Action Network
Matt and Nic evaluate the ratings members of Congress are getting from Coinbase
Chainalysis releases their 2022 global crypto adoption index
Hodlnaut’s CSW case begins
The NSA Bitcoin lab leak hypothesis
OTB goes live!

Mentioned in this episode:

Jake Chervinsky's thread on Tornado Cash
Chainalysis 2022 Global Crypto Adoption Report

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